...basements on your site and this answer confused me. I understood that isulating the basement (either with spray foam or EPS or XPS) acts as a moisture barrier, ...
...basements with spray foam is quite common, and in most cases works very well. A lot people like spray foam as an air barrier, a vapor barrier and for energy-eff...
...basements.
Basements and basement walls work differently in summer and winter than walls exposed to air .
Basement walls are always cold but touching earth ...
...basements have read about three methods using EPS & batt with slightly different orders. Plan to insulate concrete walls with 2" of EPS, with 2x4 framing (fille...
...basements at home, I'm finding it a learning curve in building science!
The building is over 100 years old with a half below grade (fully cured!) concrete bas...
I live in climate zone 5 in USA and plan to frame basement walls roughly 3” away from concrete and then place mineral wool between the studs. I do not plan to ...
We have a self-adhesive membrane on the outside wall of our foundation but the water enters through the joint between the walls and the floor. How can I waterp...
...Basements Moldy?
Preventing moisture when you insulate your basement
Building better basements: how to insulate your basement properly
New blowing agents ...
We just had a rare flash flood which raised the water table and forced water into our basement between the floor and wall. It was a finished basement with carp...
...basements properly is more expensive than the way most basements are built (ie: doomed to fail) so the problem off the bat is that most basement advocates are b...
...basements properly .
Having a professional (an engineer or at least an experienced foundation contractor) inspect it first is a good idea to make sure you do ...
...basements are moldy - how to fix & prevent mold in homes
We would love to help, and I think you could really stand for a second opinion before you move ahead,...
Can tubing for a ground source heat pump be put under an iso-slab slab on grade foundation to extract winter heat We generally recommend people check with an e...
Posted by Jennifer ColeAug. 28, 2019, 11:34 a.m.Slab on Grade1 Responses
...basements walls cannot dry to the exterior, so more caution must be taken in designing and building walls below grade. Also, basements flood, that’s just a part...
Posted by Shaun BApril 2, 2019, 6:35 a.m.Slab on Grade3 Responses
...basements, as it is susceptible to moisture damage. EPS rigid foam boards or Rockwool would be a better alternative. Both are more suitable for potentially humi...
Posted by JTNov. 14, 2017, 4:49 p.m.Pest control1 Responses
How would a “passive” or airtight house fare in a flood incident, either from inside (burst water tank) or from outside (like New Brunswick’s spring floods)?
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...basements , including how to remove radon gas from well water , in case you dig a well in the future.
Venting a crawlspace is not a great idea since it can be...
Posted by sal BellicosoOct. 30, 2019, 4:56 p.m.Crawl spaces1 Responses
